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congress woman tammy duckworth joining united states. she proved people are capable of serving in combat. she will talk about that with us, carl fritsche from the bullfight strategies will be here as a friend of bill. alternates coming up. >> this is the full court press. >> big headlines. >> other headlines making news a new study shows that parents lie to get their kids to behave. a lot of parents light, according to the study in the international journal of psychology. it's shocking. >> shocked. >> 84% of parents in the united states. >> how many? >> 84% lie to their children to get them to behave like when they are having the tantrum in public parents say they will walk away and leave their child alone in public if they don't stop crying or promising to buy a toy at a later date for the crying kid to get him to stop crying is the second biggest lie >> bill: 84%? 16% are liars do you have kids. >> three. i told a little white one in a restaurant it was just too loud. we had to move. we had to go somewhere else. i told the wait tres i
congress woman tammy duckworth joining united states. she proved people are capable of serving in combat. she will talk about that with us, carl fritsche from the bullfight strategies will be here as a friend of bill. alternates coming up. >> this is the full court press. >> big headlines. >> other headlines making news a new study shows that parents lie to get their kids to behave. a lot of parents light, according to the study in the international journal of psychology. it's...
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if you look at the united states senate, for example, how many african-americans are there? >> bill: one. happens to be a republican. sadly. >> caller: so i think it's just a matter of the years and centuries of white -- dominated power structures that we're look at. >> bill: are you absolutely right. which is all the more -- why it is all the more important, i think, for president obama to change that, right and not to perpetuate it and maybe that's why people are surprised. >> i'm more interested in color and in gender than the people policy's are right. that's the most important thing to me. >> bill: you're right. you got your priorities right. one thing we can be grateful about with the senate is there are 20 women in the united states senate today which is an historic first. i think you know, moving in the right direction. stuart calling from st. petersburg florida. hey, stuart, how are you? >> caller: good, sir. with the appointments that our president's made, i think that you've got to -- who is the absolute best. yes, there might be very qualified women but i don't s
if you look at the united states senate, for example, how many african-americans are there? >> bill: one. happens to be a republican. sadly. >> caller: so i think it's just a matter of the years and centuries of white -- dominated power structures that we're look at. >> bill: are you absolutely right. which is all the more -- why it is all the more important, i think, for president obama to change that, right and not to perpetuate it and maybe that's why people are surprised....
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it's a little dicey, you know, with catholics united. if you look at the faith community and public statements by pastors and rapbbis and others in support of the president's agenda, for several of these issues at any rate the group that is not part of this coalition are the catholic byrnes who have been critical of the president on the contraception issue, on the lgbt issue particularly. is that an awkward situation for the catholic church? or what are catholic democrats supposeddon. >> the catholic byrneses are in a lunch. they lost this election. that has to be abundantly clear >> bill: they opposed obama and lost the election. >> i was at the prayer service yesterday with the president, and the cardinal was there. i was glad that i was there. this president of our country for the next four years. i think the bishop is going to have to realize that the democrats are the game in town right now. they have to play nice if they want to get anything done. hopefully immigration will be a great way to prove that. but again, i am still a litt
it's a little dicey, you know, with catholics united. if you look at the faith community and public statements by pastors and rapbbis and others in support of the president's agenda, for several of these issues at any rate the group that is not part of this coalition are the catholic byrnes who have been critical of the president on the contraception issue, on the lgbt issue particularly. is that an awkward situation for the catholic church? or what are catholic democrats supposeddon. >>...
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he is a president of the united states of america. that requires a lot more than just one group. >> first term is over. into the second term here on the full court press. happy inauguration day. >> this is "the bill press show." going to do the young turks. i think the number one thing that viewers like about the young turks is that we're honest. they know that i'm not bs'ing them with some hidden agenda, actually supporting one party or the other. when the democrats are wrong, they know that i'm going to be the first one to call them out. they can question whether i'm right, but i think that the audience gets that this guy, to the best of his ability, is trying to look out for us. this is "the full court press: the bill press show," live on your radio and on current tv. >> bill: thirty-three minutes after the hour, a big, big day in our nation's capitol and around the country as president obama takes the oath of office for his second term and, also, as celebrate the legacy and the memory of marchtin luther king big crowds down at the
he is a president of the united states of america. that requires a lot more than just one group. >> first term is over. into the second term here on the full court press. happy inauguration day. >> this is "the bill press show." going to do the young turks. i think the number one thing that viewers like about the young turks is that we're honest. they know that i'm not bs'ing them with some hidden agenda, actually supporting one party or the other. when the democrats are...
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are we still a united country? republicans seem to be the most intractable. i swear they're biased against our president and showing it more and more every day. jerry johnson tox talking about the cuts for the pentagon. do we really need 6700 bases oversee -- 700 bases overseas. since drones are doing most of the work today do we need more planes and pilots? all good questions jerry johnson. cuts to the pentagon have to be on the table as well as cuts to domestic programs. second hour is coming up. stay with us. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." >> bill: good mornings friends and neighbors. welcome to the "full court press" this thursday morning january 3rd. hey, you're looking good. it is good to you have on board as t complete recovery expected. there is a storm of outrage over john boehner's decision to delay any special funding for the victims of hurricane sandy. the homeowners and the governors in new york and new jersey are pissed as well they should be. and get ready for the next big storm after the ugly battle over the fiscal cliff here in
are we still a united country? republicans seem to be the most intractable. i swear they're biased against our president and showing it more and more every day. jerry johnson tox talking about the cuts for the pentagon. do we really need 6700 bases oversee -- 700 bases overseas. since drones are doing most of the work today do we need more planes and pilots? all good questions jerry johnson. cuts to the pentagon have to be on the table as well as cuts to domestic programs. second hour is coming...
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had an opportunity to go to another unit, i worked with other units but i haven't seen a high level amount of training that has impressed me as much as the 82nd airborne. we're the best. so what do you want? which clear [ music ] [ music ] hello. good morning everybody. welcome to this great land of ours. ours. it's hard to say which is a big story. news breaking eight senators four republicans led by john mccain. four led by john schumer who have come up with a come comprehensive immigration plan bi-partisan they are going to announce today which includes a path to citizenship as well as tougher enforcement at the border all contained in one bill. president obama will talk about it in las vegas tomorrow. >> that's huge story. but perhaps a bigger story sara palin dumped by fox news. she was soaking it up and saying nothing. finally, they dumped her but they still have karl rove and dennis cue sin itch. kus. nich. all of that coming up here on current tv. floorboard >> the troops love me. (vo) tv and radio talk show host stephanie miller rounds out current's morning news block. >> you're w
had an opportunity to go to another unit, i worked with other units but i haven't seen a high level amount of training that has impressed me as much as the 82nd airborne. we're the best. so what do you want? which clear [ music ] [ music ] hello. good morning everybody. welcome to this great land of ours. ours. it's hard to say which is a big story. news breaking eight senators four republicans led by john mccain. four led by john schumer who have come up with a come comprehensive immigration...
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we are just down the street from the united states capitol building. the house is back in session, and the white house, if you will of activity these days. the senate is still out, but everybody gearing up for the big announcement at the whitehouse today on the president's efforts to reduce gun violence coming out of the joe biden task force. great to see you today. we've got lots and lots. >> that's not the only thing we have to talk about. we will bring you up to everything happening in our nation's country and give you a chance to sound off. you know, you get up. you find out what's going on, it pisses you off or makes you happy or whatever. tell us what it means to you and your family. give us a call at 866-55-press. >> that's our toe-free number. you can follow us on twitter. we invite you to at bp show and on facebook. everybody is on facebook these days including us facebook.com/bill press show. here we go. us, that means the whole team and me plus peter ogburn and dan henning. hello, hello, hello. >> good morning. >> what's up? happy wednesday?
we are just down the street from the united states capitol building. the house is back in session, and the white house, if you will of activity these days. the senate is still out, but everybody gearing up for the big announcement at the whitehouse today on the president's efforts to reduce gun violence coming out of the joe biden task force. great to see you today. we've got lots and lots. >> that's not the only thing we have to talk about. we will bring you up to everything happening in...
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. >> bill: marsha blackburn igor yesterday not the brightest light bulb in the united states congress, yesterday on msnbc saying yeah, shut the government down. why not. >> let's do it. my constituents want it. it is what my constituents want. i crisscross tennessee and they tell me shut the whole thing down. >> bill: right. >> look, you know, this is really -- when you have more than half of the republican caucus saying shut it down. >> bill: that they're willing to shut it down. >> shut it down in terms of the cr. don't do the continuing resolution that expires in march. shut it down. then you have close to half saying sure, let's breach the debt ceiling. you're in a situation where what is going on here? what is going on here when you have republicans saying because we don't want to compromise, we're not going to govern at all. we're going to do nothing. we're not going to give an inch. we would rather shut the government down, breach the debt ceiling and see what happens. >> bill: when it comes to the debt ceiling as the president pointed out yesterday over and over and over again
. >> bill: marsha blackburn igor yesterday not the brightest light bulb in the united states congress, yesterday on msnbc saying yeah, shut the government down. why not. >> let's do it. my constituents want it. it is what my constituents want. i crisscross tennessee and they tell me shut the whole thing down. >> bill: right. >> look, you know, this is really -- when you have more than half of the republican caucus saying shut it down. >> bill: that they're willing...
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the united steelworkers. north america's largest industrial union representing over 1.2 million active and retired members. we find out more about their good work at their web site, usw.org. we recommend keeping up to date on what's going on here in our nation's capital and around the country on the big issues of the day. market book bookmark it, thinkprogress.com. igor volsky is here with us every tuesday morning. >> thank you. in fact, if you make it your home page, you can go there automatically every day. >> bill: make it your home page. >> everyone who listens or watches this show, their home page is billpressshow.com already. >> stick them in safari. >> bill: there it is. so igor, it looks like immigration reform may actually happen this year, right? >> there may be some momentum and the reason is republicans want to win elections. they say that quite blatantly reason number one is we have to make sure we don't become minority parties as the demographics change and reason number two is we have to bring
the united steelworkers. north america's largest industrial union representing over 1.2 million active and retired members. we find out more about their good work at their web site, usw.org. we recommend keeping up to date on what's going on here in our nation's capital and around the country on the big issues of the day. market book bookmark it, thinkprogress.com. igor volsky is here with us every tuesday morning. >> thank you. in fact, if you make it your home page, you can go there...
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we are right down the street from the united states capital building where everybody is geared up, ready to go, excited for the reinauguration of the barack obama on monday at 12:noon. we will be there, of course booming out to you on your local progressive talk radio station and on country t.v., bringing you the latest right from the scene. peter ogburn and i, we have seats right up alongside of the first lady. >> not quite that close, but almost. almost. for monday morning. >> lots to talk about from the hostage situation in algeria to the continuing efforts to figure out what we are going to do about the debt ceiling to the big new discussion here in washington, d.c. about guns and sensible gun control measures. and the unbelievable story of manti te'o. all of that. we will take ule calls at 866-55-press. joining us in studio the director of communications to get the title correct for the national education association one of the proud sponsors of the "full-court press," ramon a oliver. thank you for coming in? >> thank you for having me. >> how is our good friend dennis van roekel. >
we are right down the street from the united states capital building where everybody is geared up, ready to go, excited for the reinauguration of the barack obama on monday at 12:noon. we will be there, of course booming out to you on your local progressive talk radio station and on country t.v., bringing you the latest right from the scene. peter ogburn and i, we have seats right up alongside of the first lady. >> not quite that close, but almost. almost. for monday morning. >>...
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he has been a great united states senator. he'll make a great secretary of state. i think he would have made a great president, too bad he ran such a dismal campaign and didn't fight back. and the new temporary senator will be mo cowen. >> i accept this post confidence in the knowledge i have gained working with you and the governor. you should be assured that i now go to the nation's capitol every mindful of the people of massachusetts. >> bill: this will be an historic moment, it will be the first time ever two african-americans, united states senator, neither of whom by the way was elected. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." ♪ (vo) current tv gets the converstion started weekdays at 9am eastern. >> i'm a slutty bob hope. >> you are. >> the troops love me. (vo) tv and radio talk show host stephanie miller rounds out current's morning news block. >> you're welcome current tv audience for the visual candy. just be grateful current tv does not come in smellivision. the sweatshirt is nice and all but i could use a golden lasso. (vo) only on current tv. â™
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what does this say about the united states congress? what a colossal mess. what a huge embarrassment. the process is just broken. congress can't anything done. john boehner is a total loser. he has to be the most incompetent person that ever was speaker of the house of representatives. >> i don't understand how we accept these people that create such messes. i mean they created this. this is a pure creation of congress. >> bill: total. they came up with the sequester, this whole crazy idea now they cannot find their way out of it. they have actually said we want america to fail. if we don't get tax cuts for our millionaires and billionaires we'll let the economy tank. i have to tell you if this gang -- if people like this were head of any business they say they are the -- the republican party is the party of business bs. if any business were one that way, the whole gang would have been fired a long time ago. >> yeah. imagine if you worked in a warehouse and you said okay here is my plan i'm going to go through this warehouse and break a
what does this say about the united states congress? what a colossal mess. what a huge embarrassment. the process is just broken. congress can't anything done. john boehner is a total loser. he has to be the most incompetent person that ever was speaker of the house of representatives. >> i don't understand how we accept these people that create such messes. i mean they created this. this is a pure creation of congress. >> bill: total. they came up with the sequester, this whole...
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he wants to be president of the united states. he knows that now it's safe to come out for again responsible gun safety measures. >> peter: yeah. paul in northville, michigan. welcome to the "full court press." >> caller: yeah, how do youing. you guys put aren't great show. >> peter: doing what we can, here paul. >> caller: i hope there won't be too many changes with the new owners. >> peter: as soon as we know, you'll know. what's your take on gun control paul? >> caller: i want to respond to the idiotic comment by the nra about bad guys with guns. if you have -- in a public place, if you have a bad guy with a gun and a good guy with a gun, nine times out of ten you're going to end up with a dead good guy. the only solution to a bad guy with a gun is a bad guy with no gun. >> bill: excellent point. >> peter: i don't think anything highlights this better than a case going on right now in aurora, colorado, the trial of james holmes, the man who shot up the movie theatre during "the dark knight rises." some people said what if the t
he wants to be president of the united states. he knows that now it's safe to come out for again responsible gun safety measures. >> peter: yeah. paul in northville, michigan. welcome to the "full court press." >> caller: yeah, how do youing. you guys put aren't great show. >> peter: doing what we can, here paul. >> caller: i hope there won't be too many changes with the new owners. >> peter: as soon as we know, you'll know. what's your take on gun...
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he plans to make his report to the president of the united states tomorrow. we have been talking to this issue. back in studio today. john lowey is the legal action project for the brady center. john, good to see you. it has. it's maybe not surprising because the solutions have been there. they have been there for decades. all we needed was political will. am strategy. to wake up the in case. enough is enough. you, among many meetings that the vice president had, he did have meeting with groups who had been long advocating efforts to reduce gun violence in this country. no organization more out spoken on this than the brady campaignspoken on this than the brady campaign. >> all good things. evidence with that meeting with attorney general holder. there is just a great dedication to do anything significant on this issue. >> what would prevent another newtown but what would prevent most of the hundred thousand shootings that happened in this country every year. what would save the most lives. no doubt about it. serious, serious about moving. >> as fast as they
he plans to make his report to the president of the united states tomorrow. we have been talking to this issue. back in studio today. john lowey is the legal action project for the brady center. john, good to see you. it has. it's maybe not surprising because the solutions have been there. they have been there for decades. all we needed was political will. am strategy. to wake up the in case. enough is enough. you, among many meetings that the vice president had, he did have meeting with groups...
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>>that unit is so small. there is no room to have somebody in this unit that we cannot take to the war with us. so even though he may be in his learning phases, i would have no question whatsoever to go in a room with this man and be able to take care of my life just like i would take care of his. he is without exception probably one of the best guys that ever came out of the law swat school and that's why he's in this unit now. >>are you sure you made the right choice? >>absolutely, i know i've made the right choice. to have the camaraderie, the teamwork, the ability to work out and train on a regular basis, and just have that trust in your fellow man. i know i've made the right choice joining this band of brothers. (vo)the rookie is soon back under pressure. he's been asked by stadium officials to throw a t-shirt into the crowd. let's hope he does a better job than with his flash-bang. [ music ] entrails hey, good morning >> hey good morning, everybody. off we go with the "full-court press" on current tv co
>>that unit is so small. there is no room to have somebody in this unit that we cannot take to the war with us. so even though he may be in his learning phases, i would have no question whatsoever to go in a room with this man and be able to take care of my life just like i would take care of his. he is without exception probably one of the best guys that ever came out of the law swat school and that's why he's in this unit now. >>are you sure you made the right choice?...
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a fabulous, vericism, a very solemn inaugural ceremony on the west steps of the united states capitol. a powerful inaugural address by president obama. real liberal manifesto. great music by james taylor and kelly clarkson and of course beyonce. a phenomenal, i thought very moving poem by richard blanco and then the colorful inaugural parade and the inaugural balls last night. i gotta tell you the ceremony kept going on and on and it continues today with a prayer service at the national cathedral. we'll tell you all about it. this glorious day for all americans to celebrate the second inaugural of president obama. and a day of renewal for our american democracy. that's what we'll get into today with all of our guests and with you. first, here she is with today's current news update, we get all of the latest, kelly clarkson -- right. how about lisa ferguson out in los angeles. good morning lisa. >> good morning. i'll take kelly clarkson. one more celebration to mark the president's inauguration today. at 9:00 tonight, president obama, the first lady and the bidens will attend the staff
a fabulous, vericism, a very solemn inaugural ceremony on the west steps of the united states capitol. a powerful inaugural address by president obama. real liberal manifesto. great music by james taylor and kelly clarkson and of course beyonce. a phenomenal, i thought very moving poem by richard blanco and then the colorful inaugural parade and the inaugural balls last night. i gotta tell you the ceremony kept going on and on and it continues today with a prayer service at the national...